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Re: if you guys want to win the instate battle

Originally Posted by bootcy

THey are the gems of the class for the state because they are the only 4 stars per rivals as of right now.

Great, and they're only 3 stars on scout. That doesn't mean there are more guys out there that haven't been ranked yet. Those rankings are based a lot on who's going after them. If a coach was smart he'd try and keep anyone he's after off the radar at this point. Way too early to go off on who's got the stars behind their names.

Re: if you guys want to win the instate battle

[quote=AntiSnob;971472]you need to offer AJ Derby and Andre Dawson. They are the gems of the Iowa Class of '10 and are great football players.

Oh, BTW, why do some of you guys call Iowa EIU? I know it stands for Eastern Iowa University, but why do you call them that?[/quote]

I think mostly because Iowa State is the state of Iowa's university (it being a land grant u.) and UI is mostly for Chicago suburbanites and people from eastern Iowa. The "E" conotes proximity to Chicago. There is also the notion that schools with directional names are lesser programs i.e. Eastern Michigan, Northern Colorado, Western Illinios etc. (all state schools).

Before you get off a UNI blast or bring up USC or Northwestern note that the former has been discussed ad nauseum and the latter two are private schools which chose directional names when they could've chosen surnames as Stanford, Rice, Vanderbilt etc. did.

Re: if you guys want to win the instate battle

Derby has offers from Alabama, Florida State, and Florida and will surely get more as time goes on. Why would a kid who lives in IC and has that growing offer list even consider ISU? Frankly, unless he has a man crush on Kirk Ferentz, I'll be suprised if he ends up at EIU.

As for Dawson, good Washington kids have a history of either going to EIU or out of state, like Adrian Arrington.

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